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Armies
Space Marines
Chaos Space Marines
Tau
Ork
Terminology
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Armies
- BA - Blood Angels
- BT - Black Templars
- DG -Death Guard
- DKoK - Death Korp of Kreig
- Tsons - Thousand Sons of Tzeench
- 1Ksons - Thousand Sons of Tzeench
- EC - Emperors Children
- UM - Ultramarines
- GK - Grey Knights
- DH - Daemonhunters
- SM - Space Marines
- CSM - Chaos Space Marines
- NIDs - Tyranids
- CRONs - Necrons
- DE - Dark Eldar
- WH - Witch Hunters
- WE - World Eaters
- DW - Deathwing
- IF - Imperial Fists
- IW - Iron Warriors
- IG - Imperial Guard
- TLLC - Twin Linked Lascannon
- ML - Missile Launcher
- BP - Bolt Pistol
- PG - Plasma Gun
- PP - Plasma Pistol
- PF - Power Fist
- PW - Power Weapon
- FG - Frag Grenades
- KG - Krak grenade
- JP - Jump Pack
- CCW - Close Combat Weapon
- DCCW - Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon
- AC - Auto Cannon or sometimes Assault Cannon
- AssCan - Assault Cannon
- HKM - Hunter-Killer Missile
- SB - Storm Bolter
- MB - Meltabomb
- PH - Psychic Hood
- CA - Chapter Approved
- GD - Games Day
- GT - Grand Tournament
- h2h hth - Hand to Hand
- BRB BBB - Big Rule Book, Big Blue Book
- DOW - Dawn of War
- MEQ - Marine Equivalent ( S4, T4, 3+ save)
- FW - Forge World
- GW -Games Workshop (duh)
- LoTR - Lord of The Rings
- GEq or GEQ - Guard Equivelant, low save/high numbers
- FOC - Force Organization Chart (also Slot, as in a selection on the FOC. "Assaulty Scouts are good because they don't take a FA Slot")
- FA or Fast - Fast Attack
- HS or Heavy - Heavy Support
- CoD - Cities of Death (aka Cityfight)
- WWB - We'll be Back (Roll for Necrons)
- FNP - Feel No Pain.
- HW - Heavy Weapon
- HWS - Heavy Weapon Squads
- SW - Special Weapon
- SWS - Special Weapon Squads
- IP - Infantry Platoon
- JO - Junior Officer
- SO - Senior Officer
- HSO - Heroic Senior Officer
- Commy - Commissar
- Vet - Veteran
- Stormie - Storm Trooper
- Psyk - Psykers
- Stunties - Ratlings
- Hard Vets - Hardened Veterans
- Techies - Techpriest Enginseers
- Whites / Wet Ears - Conscripts
- AFS - Armoured Fist Squad
- Helly - Hellhound
- Bassie / Bassy - Basalisk
- LMBT - Leman Russ Battle Tank
- LMD - Leman Russ Demoliser
- TLC - The Last Chancers
Space Marines
- Libby - Librarian (Codi: Codicer Epis: Epistolary)
- Chappy - Chaplain (Rec: Reclusiarch MOS: Master of Sanctity)
- DP, Pod or Can - Drop-Pod
- LST - Land Speeder Tornado (usually the HB/AC version)
- LR LRC - Land Raider, Land Raider Crusader
BA only - BP - Baal Predator
- SHP - Sanguinary High Prist (Also SP: Sanguinary Priest. BA version of apothecary)
- DC or Deathco - Death Company
- DM - Death Mask
Chaos Space Marines
- DP -Daemon Prince
- MoCG - Mark of Chaos Glory
- MoCU - Mark of Chaos Undivided (Now MoCG.)
- MoK - Mark of Khorne
- MoN - Mark of Nurgle
- MoS - Mark of Slaanesh
- MoT - Mark of Tzeench
Tau
- MP - Missile Pod
- FG - Fusion Gun
- PR - Plasma Rifle
- SG - Shield Generator
- CIB - Cyclic Ion Blaster
- BC - Burst Cannon
- AFP - Airbursting Fragmentation Projector
- SMS - Smart Missile System
- TA - Targeting Array
- TL - Target Lock
- MT - MultiTracker
- DC - Drone Controller
- HW [xxx]- Hard Wired [item name]
- "Ionhead" - Hammerhead with an Ion Cannon
- "Railhead" - Hammerhead with a Railgun
- "Warfish" - Devilfish with SMS, Targeting Array and Multi-Tracker
- "FoF" - Fish of Fury, a tactic where Devilfish transports get in close to block assault routes, deploy troops within 12 for rapid fire, then mount up and move the following turn.
- "Deathrain" - Crisis Suit with Twin MissilePods
- "Fireknife" - Crisis Suit with Plasma Rifle & Missile Pod
- "Helios" - Crisis Suit with Plasma Rifle and Fusion Gun
Ork
- TLBS - Twin Linked Big Shoota
- BoBS - Bolt-on Big Shoota
- KMB - Kustom Mega Blasta
- KoS - Kult of Speed
- PK - Power Klaw
Terminology
- Shooty - a model, unit or army geared for shooting
- Dakka - shooting, usually high rate of fire
- Beardy, Cheesy, Munchkin - Questionable player/playstyle/item, usually keyed to abuse of rules/loopholes and extreme powergaming
- RP - Roleplay
- Fluff - Non-rules 'flavor text'